Articles
01Dec 2009
Brazilian Federal Revenue Department (FRD) Chief Commissioner Otacilio Cartaxo is preparing to increase tax revenue by strengthening tax enforcement and compliance efforts. The focus will be on large taxpayers, including multinationals, as the FRD plans to open two new offices...
27Aug 2009
The most important elements of Latin American capital markets are low liquidity and high dependency on the U.S. capital markets. Latin American capital markets are quite recent in comparison with its North American or European equivalents, but have experienced a significant...
16Feb 2009
The gap between the interest rate that financial institutions pay on deposits and the higher rate they charge for loans is having a curious effect on corporate taxpayers. Many Brazilian companies are putting off tax payments, allowing interest to accrue, rather than taking out...
16Feb 2009
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a decree that updates and consolidates all the customs regulations issued in the past six...
16Feb 2009
Brazil’s official gazette of February 6 published Presidential Decree 6,762/2009, which brings into force the African Union-Brazil technical cooperation agreement signed in Brasilia on February 28,...
15Feb 2009
Brazilian corporate taxpayers have until either January 31 or February 27 to elect their income tax calculation method for fiscal 2009. There are three options available (subject to specific limitations):
the actual income tax regime (lucro real);
the presumed income...
23Sep 2008
Professional service providers suffered a major tax defeat on September 17, when Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) ruled that they are subject to the 3 percent COFINS (Contribution for the Financing of Social Security). The ruling is more important than a similar decision...
14Sep 2008
Brazil’s House of Representatives is reviewing two bills that propose to tax exports of minerals in natura with the state value added tax (ICMS). Rates would be progressive over a 10-year period after the bills enter into law. Constitutional Amendment Project 283/2008...